The Easy Summer Dress with Riley Blake Lawn

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I designed the Easy Summer Dress to use with my favorite quilting cottons but after making it in lightweight lawn, I’m in love! This dress is fun and fast to make, I usually do them assembly line style for my girls! Now that I have 3 girls, we have a lot of dresses hah! I also love being able to take my girls to the fabric shop and let them pick a fabric to make this dress with. Since it’s such an easy pattern to sew, it’s fine if they pick a fabric I don’t like *cough* character fabric *cough*. They’re happy and I get to sew them something they love, they feel a sense of ownership, and it only takes me an hour. So it’s a win!

This lawn is by Riley Blake and it’s so nice! I picked it up when I visited the headquarters last summer and meant to make something for myself with it, but I think it was meant to be this dress! I used a 1/2″ elastic for the casing this time. The pattern calls for 1″ but the 1/2″ makes the sleeves a little bit more fluttery, so it was a fun change.

This pattern will fall off narrow shoulders, so scoot the sleeves in a little bit if that is a problem, and/or size down at the top! I love the carefree fit of the dress though, it’s perfect for pulling on over a swimsuit and also dries quickly! Total summer staple! Get the pattern here!

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My name is Kate, a twenty something fashion lover and mother of two. When I’m not chasing kids you can find me at my sewing table or daydreaming up new designs. You can read more about me here. Thank you for visiting!